Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi | |
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Prime Minister of Pakistan Caretaker |
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In office 18 July 1993 – 19 October 1993 |
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President |
Wasim Sajjad (Acting President) |
Preceded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Succeeded by | Benazir Bhutto |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lahore, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
26 June 1930
Died | 22 November 2016 Washington D.C. |
(aged 86)
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistan |
Political party | Independent |
Residence | Washington D.C., United States |
Alma mater |
Government College University Punjab University Indiana University, Bloomington |
Profession | Civil servant, economist |
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Urdu: معین الدین احمد قریشی; 26 June 1930 – 22 November 2016) (known as Moeen Qureshi) was a Pakistani economist and civil servant who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan in an acting capacity from July to October 1993. Qureshi also served as the senior vice president of World Bank.
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India, on 26 June 1930. He hailed from a distinguished family that was originally from Kasur. His father, Mohyeddin Ahmad Qureshi, was a civil servant in the British government and his mother, Khursheed Jabin, was a housewife. He attended the Islamia College in Lahore and made a transfer to the Government College University in Lahore where he gained B.A. (Honors) in Economics and received an M.A. in Economics from the Punjab University.
He received the Fulbright scholarship and went to the United States to attend the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he earned a PhD in Economics in 1955.